Originally Posted by
SlyMaelstrom
I don't know what your friend's standards are or what websites they can book from out in Portugal, but Hotels.com has rooms available at the Hilton Garden Inn (about a block and a half away from TIFF or their main office, at least) for around $260 / night on the dates of the festival. If they don't mind doing two per room, that's not terrible per person considering that they're probably paying a grand or more for the flight. While I haven't been to this one, Hilton Garden Inns are usually quite nice hotels... there are definitely cheaper available if your friends are comfortable staying in a Howard Johnson or something.